A desert full of water

 

Photo: © JA Galvez C, via this Brasil Travel Blog Here we are, ready to speak about another natural wonder related to water, which in our opinion is not known and visited as it deserves. There is in the Northeastern part of Brasil, in the state of Maranhao a vast area which cover more than 1000 square kilometers (roughly the area of the Rhode Island). We are speaking about the  Lençòis Maranhenses, one of the most bizarre landscapes in the world. It is a desert of white sand dunes which despite abundant rain, supports almost no vegetation, and what makes it so astonishing is that this desert is actually full of water! Infact each one of these dunes is separated from the others by cool water lagoons like emeralds scattered on a white sheet. Two pictures taken by the Pbase Gallery of Marcio Machado, which is full of great shots:

 

 

 

 

Another picture taken from this Flickr Gallery of Ricardo Mendoça Ferreira

 

 

 

 

The best thing you can do if you visit Lençòis Maranhenses is to fly over it. It's the only way to fully understand the dimensions of this amazing landscape

 

 

 

foto:Meireles Junior, source This is a Nasa Satellite picture of a small part of the Lençòois region.

 

 

 

Photo: Nasa, via this Space.com Gallery The last thing to say is that after having visited this world entirely made of Blue and White, you can find a lot more colour in the fishermans communities living on the borders of the region.

 

Photo: Irene Schmidt

 

 

 

 

 

 

The U.S. is only just becoming a serious market for small cars and already automakers are scrapping for small-car niches and slices.
A a small maker gaining respect because of its sporty Kizashi midsize sedan, is in the niche fray now with the SX4 SportBack.

•Seats. Front's were comfy, roomy. SportBack carved out more knee side-flop space by clever location of the arm rest/door pull. Sideways space gives an instant feeling of a bigger vehicle.

Back seat was pretty tight. Spec sheets shows it similar to Fit, but it didn't feel like it.

•Navi. SportBack comes with a Garmin Nuvi 765 that fits onto a flip-up holder/charging dock atop the dashboard. Pops right out to hand to a passenger for programming while underway, then snap back in. Or use it in other vehicles, on its battery power.

Its graphics made following the route as easy as if you actually knew where you were going — unlike some built-in systems with bigger screens that should have an advantage.

Any Garmin 7-series unit fits the dock, in case you want to swap the standard one for a different version.

Gripes (including what Suzuki says are Things Absolutely Nobody Else Has Mentioned):

•GA-runch. The sound the gearbox sometimes made during shifts, as if the synchronizers that keep shifts smooth occasionally went AWOL. It's a TANEHM